MassSpecAPI
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SearchByFormulaAsync
Search ChemSpider by molecular formula within specified datasources list. Operation returns transaction ID which has to be used with GetAsyncSearchStatus() and GetAsyncSearchResult() to retrieve results. Security token is required.
Test
The test form is only available for requests from the local machine.SOAP 1.1
The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
POST /MassSpecAPI.asmx HTTP/1.1 Host: onschallenge.chemspider.com Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: length SOAPAction: "http://www.chemspider.com/SearchByFormulaAsync" <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <soap:Body> <SearchByFormulaAsync xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/"> <formula>string</formula> <dbs> <string>string</string> <string>string</string> </dbs> <token>string</token> </SearchByFormulaAsync> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: length <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <soap:Body> <SearchByFormulaAsyncResponse xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/"> <SearchByFormulaAsyncResult>string</SearchByFormulaAsyncResult> </SearchByFormulaAsyncResponse> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope>
SOAP 1.2
The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
POST /MassSpecAPI.asmx HTTP/1.1 Host: onschallenge.chemspider.com Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: length <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"> <soap12:Body> <SearchByFormulaAsync xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/"> <formula>string</formula> <dbs> <string>string</string> <string>string</string> </dbs> <token>string</token> </SearchByFormulaAsync> </soap12:Body> </soap12:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: length <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"> <soap12:Body> <SearchByFormulaAsyncResponse xmlns="http://www.chemspider.com/"> <SearchByFormulaAsyncResult>string</SearchByFormulaAsyncResult> </SearchByFormulaAsyncResponse> </soap12:Body> </soap12:Envelope>